Hiding (region) tag in display list?

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ozy
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Hi, is there any way to hide the (region) tag in the game list?

For example, to display "Donkey Kong Jr. (Japan)" as just "Donkey Kong Jr."

Thanks, Ozy
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mgalaxy
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Actually that depends whether you're using a database file associated to your romset...or not!

If you don't use a database file, mGalaxy lists the roms as they are named and: no, you can't!!

If you're using a database: yes, you can!
It's just a matter of editing the 'xmlout.xml' file (the database file) and modifying the description tag.

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<game name="10yard" cloneof="">
    <description>10-Yard Fight (World, set 1)</description>
    <genre>Sports / Football Amer.</genre>
    <players>2P alt</players>
</game>
You're not using a database file..but would like to do so to fix your problem?
- Download an already existing one there: http://www.mgalaxy.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;cat=1
- Create your own one with the help of mGalaxy_Runway (sse picture > "Create database" button)
- Use an app called RomLister to generate your database (RomLister can output to mGalaxy database format!)

Don't forget to check the "Use database file.." checkbox in mGalaxy_Runway too!

Hope it'll help!!
Last edited by mgalaxy on Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
ozy
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Thank you for the helpful response mgalaxy! From this I tracked down a utility called ROMLister that can generate a database file without region tags (amongst other things).

It can be found here:

http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/
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